Life Is Your Best Medicine

A Woman's Guide to Health, Healing, and Wholeness at Every Age

By: Tieraona Low Dog M.D.

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

"The division between conventional and traditional medicine is as artificial as the division between science and nature. They can be woven together in a fashion that meets our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. This is the foundation upon which integrative medicine is built."
—Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.

In Life Is Your Best Medicine, Dr. Low Dog weaves together the wisdom of traditional medicine and the knowledge of modern-day medicine into an elegant message of health and self-affirmation for women of every age. This is a book that can be listened to from beginning to end but also dipped into for inspiration or insight about a particular physical or mental health issue or remedy. We learn that, despite the widespread availability of pharmaceutical medications, advanced surgical care, and state-of-the-art medical technology, chronic illness now affects more than 50 percent of the American population. The evidence is overwhelmingly clear that much of the chronic disease we are confronting in the United States has its roots in the way we live our lives. Research shows that if Americans embraced a healthier lifestyle—which includes a balance between rest and exercise, wholesome nutrition, healthy weight, positive social interactions, stress management, not smoking, limited alcohol use, and no or limited exposure to toxic chemicals—then we could prevent 93 percent of diabetes, 81 percent of heart attacks, 50 percent of strokes, and 36 percent of all cancers. This means that each one of us has the power to shift the odds of being healthy in our favor. If you do get sick, being fit gives you a much better chance for getting well. Your health has a great deal more to do with your lifestyle and a lot less to do with taking prescription drugs than most people realize.

Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., with the charisma of a Native American elder, represents a 21st-century wise woman actively building a platform in the new landscape of self-help health care. A renowned speaker, she is a key faculty member at Andrew Weil’s Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and a leader in national health policy and regulatory issues.

©2012 Tieraona Low Dog (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"This title will be well received by self-help readers, who can either read it from cover to cover or dip into it for insight and practical information. Low Dog is an expert in many of these areas, not least those topics that resonate with her life philosophy that the everyday stuff of people's lives influences their ability to be healthy and whole." (Library Journal)

I love this book

On my favorites list - and a second read is a definite for me. This book was so good - the information beneficial to anyone and everyone. The soothing voice of the narrator was an extra bonus - I didn’t want the book to end

Invaluable Health Guide

This book is AMAZING. Dr. Low Dog covers just about everything involved in proper self care. The first part of the book is about her own personal history and to me, it validated her qualifications. While this book is mostly geared towards women, I think a lot of it could be applied to men, as well as children. Aside from her medical advice, her style of writing was almost poetic. I plan to re-visit this book often and use it as a reference guide. I ordered a print copy of the book so that I can more easily reference it as needed. I highly recommend this book.